PowderBlue said:de niro said:robbie is still the best player at the club, watch him go now with better players around him.
Agreed, the team werent good enough for him last year, now it is. Barry will make a huge difference as will Tevez. Same would have gone for Elano but that horse has bolted unfortunately.
stumpy_mcfc said:PowderBlue said:Agreed, the team werent good enough for him last year, now it is. Barry will make a huge difference as will Tevez. Same would have gone for Elano but that horse has bolted unfortunately.
This I agree with .. Barry is going to be the key to getting the best out of Robbie - he will cover the left side. For me Robbie plays unless circumstances control ie. flying back 8,000 miles the night before but that will only happen one more time I think.
bugsyblue said:blue 1992 said:I agree, but now we have a few more players aded to the squad...he'll have 2 fight 4 his place more than he did last season.
Robinho is still the most creative player in our squad and I think Hughes signings, Tevez, Manu and Barry have all been bought to compliment Robinho. Some players are simply not designed to track back and defend and when you have someone with as much flair and skill as Robinho does you match them with players who can the things he can't. Barry will be great defensive cover on the left side of midfield which when teams counter attacked used to put so much pressure on Bridge as Robinho isn't a defensive player at all.
I really think Hughes will start Robinho in all our most important matches. I hope.
Somud said:stumpy_mcfc said:This I agree with .. Barry is going to be the key to getting the best out of Robbie - he will cover the left side. For me Robbie plays unless circumstances control ie. flying back 8,000 miles the night before but that will only happen one more time I think.
Not if Barry gets a 3 month injury.
Bombo said:last season I think we could not believe we landed robinho. The full extent of the takeover hadn't quite sunk in with us all.
I think a lot of the fans, players, manager and even owners were somewhat pandering to robinho. I also feel there was an arrogance on his behalf of doing us a favour by gracing us with his presence. Now before you tear me limb from limb hear me out.
He was the star attraction, the figure head of the takeover and to a manager under pressure clearly undropable. He didn't preform well in many away games but was outstanding at home. It reminded me of kinkladze in that he became bigger than the club and the focus of everyones attention on match day.
The kinkladze situation ended in relegation and the loss of a fans hero. Now here's the good bit. This season we have signed so many good players the focus on robinho will diminish this giving the lad more breathing space while at the same time providing the pressure on him to play well every game. He says he wants to be the best player in the world now he has the teamates and platform to prove it.
So his mate elano has gone. So what we have replaced him with quality premier league players. For me I would not start robinho against Blackburn as I think our squad has better options in tackling a fat Sam team. That does not mean I don't rate him, but I think Hughes must be ruthless and pick a team to win each game. Robinho would be the first name on the team sheet against wolves at home cos he will destroy them, but for me we now have options for certain games and Blackburn, Stoke and Bolton away are the games to bench him.
For the record I love watching him play but the time for walking on egg shells around him has gone. His time to show the world what he can do in the toughest league on the planet has arrived.
Come on city!
Bombo said:last season I think we could not believe we landed robinho. The full extent of the takeover hadn't quite sunk in with us all.
I think a lot of the fans, players, manager and even owners were somewhat pandering to robinho. I also feel there was an arrogance on his behalf of doing us a favour by gracing us with his presence. Now before you tear me limb from limb hear me out.
He was the star attraction, the figure head of the takeover and to a manager under pressure clearly undropable. He didn't preform well in many away games but was outstanding at home. It reminded me of kinkladze in that he became bigger than the club and the focus of everyones attention on match day.
The kinkladze situation ended in relegation and the loss of a fans hero. Now here's the good bit. This season we have signed so many good players the focus on robinho will diminish this giving the lad more breathing space while at the same time providing the pressure on him to play well every game. He says he wants to be the best player in the world now he has the teamates and platform to prove it.
So his mate elano has gone. So what we have replaced him with quality premier league players. For me I would not start robinho against Blackburn as I think our squad has better options in tackling a fat Sam team. That does not mean I don't rate him, but I think Hughes must be ruthless and pick a team to win each game. Robinho would be the first name on the team sheet against wolves at home cos he will destroy them, but for me we now have options for certain games and Blackburn, Stoke and Bolton away are the games to bench him.
For the record I love watching him play but the time for walking on egg shells around him has gone. His time to show the world what he can do in the toughest league on the planet has arrived.
Come on city!
Bombo said:last season I think we could not believe we landed robinho. The full extent of the takeover hadn't quite sunk in with us all.
I think a lot of the fans, players, manager and even owners were somewhat pandering to robinho. I also feel there was an arrogance on his behalf of doing us a favour by gracing us with his presence. Now before you tear me limb from limb hear me out.
He was the star attraction, the figure head of the takeover and to a manager under pressure clearly undropable. He didn't preform well in many away games but was outstanding at home. It reminded me of kinkladze in that he became bigger than the club and the focus of everyones attention on match day.
The kinkladze situation ended in relegation and the loss of a fans hero. Now here's the good bit. This season we have signed so many good players the focus on robinho will diminish this giving the lad more breathing space while at the same time providing the pressure on him to play well every game. He says he wants to be the best player in the world now he has the teamates and platform to prove it.
So his mate elano has gone. So what we have replaced him with quality premier league players. For me I would not start robinho against Blackburn as I think our squad has better options in tackling a fat Sam team. That does not mean I don't rate him, but I think Hughes must be ruthless and pick a team to win each game. Robinho would be the first name on the team sheet against wolves at home cos he will destroy them, but for me we now have options for certain games and Blackburn, Stoke and Bolton away are the games to bench him.
For the record I love watching him play but the time for walking on egg shells around him has gone. His time to show the world what he can do in the toughest league on the planet has arrived.
Come on city!